to become in a state of misery and poverty (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
ye nicnotlacati. venir a estado de miseria y de pobreza. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 35v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.