Sace, bhante, na sakkuṇeyyaṁ ādikeneva āhattuṁ, vāmena hatthena sīsaṁ pariggahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena vaṅkaṅguliṁ karitvā salohitampi āhareyyaṁ.  
If that didn’t work, I’d hold his head with my left hand and take it out using a hooked finger of my right hand, even if it drew blood. āhattuṁ → āharituṁ (sya-all, km) | pariggahetvā → paggahetvā (bj) "

Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādikeneva aññārādhanaṁ vadāmi;  
Mendicants, I don’t say that enlightenment is achieved right away.

“Kissa pana me bhavaṁ gotamo ādikeneva na byākāsī”ti?  
“But why didn’t you say that in the first place?” gotamo ādikeneva na byākāsī”ti → gotamo ādikeneva byākāsīti (mr); gotamo atthi devāti na byākāsīti (?) "

Seyyathāpi, kassapa, nāvā ādikeneva opilavati;  
The true teaching doesn’t disappear like a ship that sinks all at once.