Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.30.13
SB 3.30.13
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evaṁ sva-bharaṇākalpaṁ tat-kalatrādayas tathā nādriyante yathā pūrvaṁ kīnāśā iva go-jaram
Translation
Seeing him unable to support them, his wife and others do not treat him with the same respect as before, even as miserly farmers do not accord the same treatment to their old and worn-out oxen.