[1007] "A keen-edged sword of Dasaṇṇaka, a drinker of rich [blood] —
a man swallows it in the midst of the assembly: what is harder to do than that?
Whatever other deed is hard to do, declare it to me, now that you are asked."
[Variant readings (Siam Raṭṭha footnotes): ¹ Yu. (European/PTS ed.): "medhakaṃ." ² M. (Burmese ed.): "vūpasammataṃ." ³ M.: "bahū aṭṭā me tīritā." ⁴ Sī. (Sinhalese ed.) and Yu.: "athāyaṃ." ⁵ M.: throughout, "Paṇṇakajātaka." ⁶ M.: "paṇṇakaṃ" (for "dasaṇṇakaṃ").]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.