Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 3 · The Sixteen Yogas
षोडशयोगाध्यायः
इति नक्तयोगः॥अथ यमयायोगः॥तत्र यमयायोगलक्षणमुक्तं ताजिकभूषणे ॥परस्परालोकनवर्जितं यत्खेटद्वयं पश्यति मंदखेटः ॥दीप्तांशकैर्धामचराद्गृहीत्वा स्थिराय दत्ते यमयाभिधानः ॥
This ends nakta. Next, the yamaya (a slower planet linking two others) combination. Its mark is given in the Tajikabhushana. Two planets do not look at each other. A slow planet looks at both. By its own deepta degrees (the planet's orb of light) it takes light from the fast planet and gives it to the slow one. This is called yamaya.
Simple meaning: Yamaya: a slow planet looks at two planets that do not see each other. It takes light from the fast one and gives it to the slow one.
अयमर्थः । परस्परालोकनवर्जितं खेटद्वयं लग्नेशकार्येशाभिधं तृतीयो मंदग्रहः स्वदीप्तांशैर्लग्नाधीशकार्याधीशौ स्थानदृष्ट्या पश्यन् पुनरुभयोर्मध्ये शीघ्रतेजो नीत्वा मंदगाय दत्ते यमयाख्यो योगः स्यात् ॥
Yamaya: the lagna lord and the matter's lord do not see each other. A slow third planet carries light from the fast one to the slow one.
अत्रोदाहरणं संज्ञातन्त्रे ॥
Yamaya example: Venus at 16 in Aries, the Moon at 6 in Taurus, no look between them. Jupiter is the slow third planet.
यमयायोगः
Yamaya chart: Venus at 16 in Aries, the Moon at 6 in Taurus, Jupiter at 10 in Cancer.