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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.30.13

ఏవం స్వభరణాకల్పం తత్కలత్రాదయస్తథా । నాద్రియన్తే యథాపూర్వం కీనాశా ఇవ గోజరమ్ ॥ ౧౩ ॥
evaṁ sva-bharaṇākalpaṁ
[evam sva-bharanaakalpam]
tat-kalatrādayas tathā
[tat-kalatraadayas tathaa]
nādriyante yathā pūrvaṁ
[naadriyante yathaa poorvam]
kīnāśā iva go-jaram
[keenaashaa iva go-jaram]
evam — thus sva-bharaṇa — to maintain them akalpam — unable tat — his kalatra — wife ādayaḥ — and so on tathā — so na — not ādriyante — do respect yathā — as pūrvam — before kīnāśāḥ — farmers iva — like go-jaram — an old ox.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ sva-bharaṇākalpaṁ
evam
thus
sva-bharaṇa
to maintain them
akalpam
unable
tat-kalatrādayas tathā
tat
his
kalatra
wife
ādayaḥ
and so on
tathā
so
nādriyante yathā pūrvaṁ
na
not
ādriyante
do respect
yathā
as
pūrvam
before
kīnāśā iva go-jaram
kīnāśāḥ
farmers
iva
like
go-jaram
an old ox.
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.

Not only in the present age but from time immemorial, no one has liked an old man who is unable to earn in the family. Even in the modern age, in some communities or states, the old men are given poison so that they will die as soon as possible. In some cannibalistic communities, the old grandfather is sportingly killed, and a feast is held in which his body is eaten. The example is given that a farmer does not like an old bull who has ceased to work. Similarly, when an attached person in family life becomes old and is unable to earn, he is no longer liked by his wife, sons, daughters and other kinsmen, and he is consequently neglected, what to speak of not being given respect. It is judicious, therefore, to give up family attachment before one attains old age and take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should employ himself in the Lord’s service so that the Supreme Lord can take charge of him and he will not be neglected by his so-called kinsmen.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Just as a farmer does not respect an old bull, his wife and other members do not respect him, since he is unable to maintain them. Kīnāśāḥ means farmers. Go-jaraṁ means an old bull.
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