Complex sentence: None were successful until Rama, but in the process of stringing it, the bow snapped in half, producing a tremendous noise that reached the ears of Parashurama as he meditated atop the Mahendra Mountains.
Split into simpler sentences: None were successful until Rama, but in the process of stringing it, the bow snapped in half. This produced a tremendous noise that reached the ears of Parashurama as he meditated atop the Mahendra Mountains.