Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 4:6

תָּלָה בַקָּטָן עַד שֶׁיַּגְדִּיל, אוֹ בַגָּדוֹל עַד שֶׁיָּבֹא מִמְּדִינַת הַיָּם, אוֹ בַחֵרֵשׁ, אוֹ בַשּׁוֹטֶה, אֵין שׁוֹמְעִין לוֹ, אֶלָּא אוֹמְרִים לוֹ, עָלֶיךָ מִצְוָה, אוֹ חֲלֹץ אוֹ יַבֵּם:

If he (one of the brothers) relegated it (yibum) to a (brother who was) a minor, when he would come of age, or to the eldest brother, when he returned from abroad [i.e., If the eldest of the brothers were abroad, and the eldest of the brothers before us relegated it to him, saying: "Wait for him, for he is older than I,"] or to a deaf-mute or a simpleton [until he were "cured"], he is not heeded; but we say to him: "The mitzvah devolves upon you! — either give her chalitzah or take her in yibum." [Even though your brother who is abroad is older than you, since you are the eldest of the brothers before us, the mitzvah devolves upon you"; for mitzvoth are not delayed.]

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