kapotaḥ kākaḥ śṛgālaśca paśavo bhavanti

 The sentence means “The pigeon, the crow, and the jackal are animals.”

Word-by-word breakdown:

• kapotaḥ (कपोतः) – "pigeon" (nominative singular, masculine)
• kākaḥ (काकः) – "crow" (nominative singular, masculine)
• śṛgālaḥ (शृगालः) – "jackal" (nominative singular, masculine)
• ca (च) – "and" (conjunctive particle connecting nouns)
• paśavaḥ (पशवः) – "animals" (nominative plural, masculine; the predicate)
• bhavanti (भवन्ति) – "are" (3rd person plural verb)

Grammatical notes:

• The subject is a compound subject: “kapotaḥ, kākaḥ, śṛgālaḥ”, linked by ca.
• The verb bhavanti is plural because it agrees in number with the compound
• subject.
• Paśavaḥ is the predicate nominative, indicating that all three mentioned 
• creatures belong to the class of animals.
• This is an example of a simple declarative sentence (वाक्य) in Sanskrit 
• describing classification.

Interpretation:

The sentence conveys the idea that a pigeon, a crow, and a jackal are all

animals, which is a common type of simple factual statement often found

in Sanskrit learning texts.

In simpler English translation:

"The pigeon, the crow, and the jackal are animals."