Embraced by old age, bereft of beauty, miserable, thinking of enjoyment, his wisdom and wealth destroyed, he saw his city being violently smashed by the Gandharvas and Yavanas, and saw that his sons, grandsons, followers, ministers and wife had become indifferent, disrespectful and were acting adversely. Viśīrṇām should be viśīryamānām (being destroyed.) Pratikūlān means they acted adversely, against their natures—they were subject to lamentation and other distresses. They did not respect him (anādṛtān). The sons are discernment and other such qualities. The grandsons are patience and other qualities. The followers are the senses and the ministers are the controlling deities of mind and senses. The word ca indicates that they could not at all perform their functions (gata-sauhṛdān) and as well, the wife, intelligence had no power of apprehension.