Kavyalankarasarasamgraha 7.39

7.39

nanu kāvyagrahaṇena kathaṃ kāvyasya sarasapadārthaniṣṭhatopadarśyate /
kāvyasya sarasatvāt /
kāvyaṃ khalu guṇasaṃskṛtaśabdārthaśarīratvāt sarasameva bhavati, na tu nīrasam /
tathāhi---guṇāḥ kāvyasya mādhuryaujaḥprasādalakṣaṇāḥ /
tatra mādhuryamāhlādakatvam, ojo gāḍhatā, prasādastvavyavadhānena

[Objection:] But how, through the inclusion of the word "poetic," is abiding in an object full of relish demonstrated for poetry? / [Reply:] Because poetry is full of relish. / Poetry, indeed, because its body consists of word and sense refined by qualities, is necessarily full of relish, and not lacking in relish. / To explain: the qualities of poetry are defined as sweetness, vigor, and perspicuity. / Among these, sweetness is delightfulness; vigor is compactness; while perspicuity is [comprehended] without interruption